Significant changes have taken place in the type design as a result of
what has often been termed "the desktop revolution." With the popularization and increased availability to the average person of typographic
tools formerly available only to professionals type is slowly moving into
the realm of personal communication. This move has sparked significant
controversy among the various schools of typographic thought, but little
consensus exists. As well, technological developments are contributing
to a widening of the definition of what constitutes a typeface. This study,
then, will examine the current views of type design as an art form and
the reaches of the technological developments in progress in light of linguistics and metaphysical thought.